Education Post-16
Read Bengali words for study after 16 in their own script: university, apprenticeships and courses, and how you apply for a place.
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After you are 16
This module builds your Bengali for study after 16: university, apprenticeships and courses, and how you apply for a place. Each Bengali example is shown with a simple way to say it in brackets, then its English meaning: ইউনিভার্সিটি (iunivarsiti) means university. A full sentence looks like this: আমি লেখাপড়া ভালবাসি (ami lekhapora bhalobashi), meaning I love studying.
Ways to carry on
Start with four things you can do after 16.
Match each application word
- দরখাস্ত করা (dorkhasto kora)
- দরখাস্ত ফর্ম (dorkhasto form)
- ব্যক্তিগত তথ্য (byaktigoto tottho)
- চিঠি (chithi)
- to apply for
- an application
- a CV
- a letter
Study or train
After 16 you can carry on studying or start training for work. Both are good routes, and many words for them are borrowed from English. So কোর্স reads as course and ট্রেনিং as training. Sound them out and the English word appears.
Which word is university?
Which Bengali word means university?
- ইউনিভার্সিটি (iunivarsiti)
- কোর্স (kors)
- বেতন (beton)
- সুযোগ (shujog)
Spot the two study routes
Select the TWO words that are ways to keep studying or training after 16.
- ইউনিভার্সিটি (iunivarsiti)
- এপ্রেন্টিসশীপ (eprentiship)
- বেতন (beton)
- সুযোগ (shujog)
Match each pay word
- বেতন (beton)
- সবচেয়ে কম বেতন (shobcheye kom beton)
- পার্ট-টাইম চাকরী (part-taim chakri)
- আয় করা (ay kora)
- a wage
- the minimum wage
- a part-time job
- to earn
Studying and applying
Reading the whole word tells you whether it is about studying or about getting a place. Here are more of each.
Find the two study routes
Tap the TWO words that are ways to study or train after 16.
- এপ্রেন্টিসশীপ (eprentiship), apprenticeship
- বেতন (beton), a wage
- ট্রেনিং (trening), training
- পার্ট-টাইম চাকরী (part-taim chakri), a part-time job
Reading a sentence
Now read a full Bengali sentence, verb last as usual: - আমি ইউনিভার্সিটিতে যাই (ami iunivarsitite jai) = "I go to university". Three parts: আমি (ami, "I"), ইউনিভার্সিটিতে (iunivarsitite, "to university"), then the verb যাই (jai, "I go") at the end.
What does it say?
In আমি ইউনিভার্সিটিতে যাই (ami iunivarsitite jai), what does the sentence say the person does?
- They go to university
- They apply for a job
- They earn a wage
- They start training
Getting a place
Put the steps of getting a place after 16 into a sensible order.
- Choose a course or an apprenticeship
- Write your CV
- Apply for a place
- Go to an interview
- Start your course or training
Complete the post-16 facts
After 16 you can go to _____ to study for a degree. Learning a job while you work is an _____. To get a place you write a _____ and then you _____ for it. The money you are paid for work is a _____.
Read the notice
Use what you know to read each Bengali word on a notice. Choose each time.
- A leaflet is about an এপ্রেন্টিসশীপ (eprentiship). What does it offer?
- A form asks for your ব্যক্তিগত তথ্য (byaktigoto tottho). What must you give?
- A job is advertised as পার্ট-টাইম চাকরী (part-taim chakri). What kind of job is it?
Write about your plans
In English, write about what you would like to do after 16 and how you would get a place, using some of the Bengali words. This is written in English and is not auto-marked.
- Say whether you would study or train, with the Bengali word for it
- Name one route, such as university or an apprenticeship, with its Bengali word
- Describe how you would apply for a place
- Write one full Bengali sentence about what you love, using ভালবাসি